GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

SESSION LAW 2012-33

HOUSE BILL 741

AN ACT to set a maximum length for law enforcement and emergency management vehicles.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20-116(d) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(4) Vehicles owned or leased by State, local, or federal government, when used for official law enforcement or emergency management purposes, shall not exceed 45 feet in length overall, excluding bumpers and mirrors."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13^th day of June, 2012.

                                                                    s/  Philip E. Berger

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved 11:46 a.m. this 20^th day of June, 2012